HOMEWORK 02/03/25 ~ HOSTILE TAKEOVER

Monday 03 Feb 2025

Homework

It’s A Coup

Elon Musk’s Team Given Access To U.S. Treasury Department’s Payments System By Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent [Gift Link]

Elon’ Musk’s Aides Have Locked Career Federal Employees Out Of Govt. Computer Systems At OPM & Treasury

Elon Musk’s DOGE Gains Access to Payment System Responsible For Paying Trillions In Benefits, Grants, & Tax Refunds

Musk’s Lackeys Also Seize Control Of Social Security Check System

Garrett Graff: If It Happened Elsewhere, How U.S. Media Would Cover It – “Elon Musk’s Junta Establishes Him As Head Of U.S. Government”

 

The Dumbest Trade War

Trump Tariffs Live Updates: Mexico Says It Reached Deal to Delay Tariffs

Mexico’s Pres. Sheinbaum Announces Deal That Puts Trump Tariffs On Hold For At Least One Month

Canadian Provinces Take Aim at U.S. ‘Red States’ by Yanking Their Liquor From Canadian Shelves

Which Items Will Get More Expensive Immediately Because Of Trump’s Tariffs? Food, Alcohol, Gas, New Cars, Phones, And More

Explainer: Why Canadian Oil Is So Important To The United States – In Short? Jobs In The Midwest

Europe, You’re Next – Trump Levies Another Threat, Says EU Will ‘Definitely’ Be Hit With Tariffs

Trump Tariffs Threaten To Upend Global Economic Order – What A Gift To China

WSJ Editorial Board. This Is The Dumbest Trade War Ever

 

Purging The Professionals

Top FBI Officials Ousted And Thousands Of Personnel Under Internal Review As Trump DOJ Fires Jan. 6 Insurrection Prosecutors

Acting Deputy. Atty. Gen. Emil Bove, Trump’s Personal Lawyer, Fires Roughly 2 Dozen Career DOJ Employees From Jan 6 Investigation While Threatening Others

FBI Agents Stunned By Scale And Scope Of Trump’s Purge [Gift Link]

Top FBI Agent In New York Vows To ‘Dig In’ After Trump Removes Other Top Agents

Purging The Professionals       (Cont’d)

Top Officials At USAID Put On Leave After Denying Access To Musk’s Team; Trump Appointed USAID Chief Resigns

USAID Workers At Washington HQ Told To Stay Home In Unexpected Email, After Musk & Trump Move To Shut Down Key Aid Agency

What Is USAID, The Government Agency Targeted By Trump And Elon Musk?

Flashback 2019: Senior WH Advisor Ivanka Trump & USAID Admin. Mark Green Meet Female Cocoa Farmers In Ivory Coast To  Announce New Partnership

 

Crashes & Cleanup Continue

Seven Dead, 19 Injured In ‘High-Impact’ Urban Air Ambulance Crash In Philadelphia

D.C. Salvage Operations Begin On Potomac River Following Fatal DC Plane/Helicopter Crash

Reminder: Jan 31, Trump Admin Emailed Air Traffic Controllers, Trying To Get Them To Quit Their Jobs

 

DEI Realities

Some Federal Websites Temporarily Go Dark After Order To Comply With Trump Anti-DEI Directive

Female Co-Pilot In DC Crash That Trump Blamed On DEI Was Actually A Top Army Cadet

Trump Blamed DC Crash On DEI & Said America Hates It. But Nearly All Fortune 500 Companies Still Maintain Corporate DEI Commitments

 

Meanwhile

Trump Officials Release Water In California That Experts Say Will Do Nothing To Help Lessen Drought Conditions & Fire Risk Nar L..A.[Gift Link]

California Farmers Plead With Trump To Stop Flooding Their Fields As Trump Opens Dam Over Pushback From Local Officials

DOJ Withdraws Case Against Extremist MAGA Republican Rep. Andy Ogles, After He Publicly Unveils Bill To Allow Trump To Run For A Third Term

David Frum: What A Former Right-Winger Thinks An Anti-Trump Coalition Should Do Now

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